Here’s how the LDP leader remade Japan’s ruling coalition to become the country’s first female Prime Minister.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Formed in 2010 to shake up Japan's political establishment and loosen Tokyo's administrative stranglehold, the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin,

Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first female prime minister, citing Margaret Thatcher as inspiration while promising to restore confidence and strengthen security.

Though her election is a milestone in a country that struggles with gender equality, critics say hard-line conservative Sanae Takaichi won’t necessarily help women advance.

TOKYO -- Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi caused a stir when she remarked that she would "throw away the phrase work-life balance" upon being elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), just when workstyle reform was in progress in the country. How were her statements perceived by working women in Japan?

Sanae Takaichi became Japan's first female prime minister after the Liberal Democratic Party formed a coalition with the right-wing Japan Innovation Party. Her victory ends a political vacuum, but challenges remain as her government lacks a majority in both houses of parliament,

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who cites Margaret Thatcher as a role model. She also loves heavy metal.

Sanae Takaichi, the newly-elected head of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, held coalition talks on Thursday with leaders of the right-

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the Japan Innovation Party have agreed to form a coalition government, setting the stage for the country's first woman prime minister, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday.

Sanae Takaichi is officially Japan’s first female prime minister. The leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was elected to the post on Tuesday after winning four more votes than the

Takaichi Sanae, head of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and Yoshimura Hirofumi, representative of the Japan Innovation Party, met at the National Diet in Tokyo at 6 p.m. on the 20th and signed a document for a coalition government.